1 Heller Hand heller

The Hand heller takes its name from the open hand device used by the counts of Wertheim, a small Franconian lordship on the Main river. Wertheim issued these tiny bracteate-influenced pieces during a period when the heller — originally struck at Schwäbisch Hall — had fragmented into dozens of regional imitations across the Holy Roman Empire, each local authority putting its own mark on what had become effectively a common small-change denomination.